Feeling bored!

LegacyUser

(regular boards user going unreg for this one)

Please do not dismiss my post - I know how it sounds(kind of troll-ish) but it's a real issue for me.
I am not sure where to start but it boils down to the fact that I am easily bored with everything. There are days when I'm bored and I'm bored too much to do anything! I actually prefer to just sit on the couch hoping something springs my interest than do something (actively) about it!
I have no problems getting out of bed, doing daily duties. However there are days when I struggle to do anything(like at work) when there's no job clearly defined for me or I do what I have to do and then face hours when there's nothing in specific that needs my immediate attention.
I need to point out that I do have many interests. In fact - maybe too many and maybe that's a part of my problem. One day I might be interested in cooking or gardening, the other it might be archaeology, another day - science or IT. There's nothing that held my undivided attention for years although there are certain things that I find interesting over the years. There are times where I have activities that I could do(lets say an online course on topic I normally find very interesting) but there are days when I can't make myself watch a lecture or read a related article.
It kind of got to the point where my career is going well, I have several years of experience but honestly my knowledge on the topic is not so deep and I begin to feel like a fraud waiting to be discovered. I am dreading my next interview(which looks like I will have to have within next 6 months, not caused by anything I've done so not related to the post).
It looks like everyone has one area they are interested in and keeping to it and being successful. I feel like I was simply extremely lucky, getting the right jobs, the right interviewers. On the other hand I keep telling myself that if I were such a bad employee I would have been fired from all or most(or any) of my previous jobs - which never happened. My employers were always happy with me and I never had a single complaint(and I worked abroad as well, even moving up!). At this stage I am not sure - maybe I am overreacting? I considered I might be depressed but I don't have problems getting up in the morning(except for feeling tired or sleepy) and I don't feel down or bad about myself. It's just I can't figure out why I feel that way and how to motivate myself.

Goldenlady

Hi OP,

I actually could have written your entire post myself, its scarily familiar to me. I too am going through exactly the same thing. I just feel so bored and I keep plodding along. Have worked my way up the ranks and I too feel like im going to be discovered as a fraud. I work from home a couple of days a week so it really doesnt help with the motivation. Im thinking about travelling, just taking time out of my career for a few months to discover myself (Cliche!) I just feel like life is passing me by and not in a depression way, as I know Im not depressed. I suggest trying to stick with one thing and see if through, I am the queen of having too many hobbies and master of nothing. Same with college, spent 8 years in college between day and night courses and dont have a degree, kept jumping courses! I dont really have any answers for you, just wanted you to know you are not alone!